Add meat, onion, mushrooms, carrots, and potatoes to the slow cooker. Add wine, tomato patsy, and beef broth. Season with garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt, and pepper. Combine ingredients well and cover slow cooker with lid. Cook on low heat for 5 hours or on high heat for 3 hours. 

Cardigan: J.Crew // Top: Cloth & Stone (similar) // Jeans: Paige // Booties: Jeffery Campbell // Bag: STAUD 

I was supposed to be looking for a Halloween costume (which I still don’t have) when I found this long black cardigan. I think at this point I have just given up on a Halloween costume and plan to wear this cardigan with a black turtleneck, black jeans and black booties… that is festive enough, right?

I own a similar short version of this cardigan in multiple colors and was excited to see a longer option for winter. This cardigan fits large, so I recommend buying a size down (wearing XS). It comes in seven colors and I already have my eye on the burgundy, heather khaki, ivory and heather cilantro colors. I paired this long black cardigan with my favorite white button down (similar), Paige jeans and Jeffery Campbell booties. This cardigan also pairs well with a turtleneck and with a knee length skirt or dress. Shop this entire look below! xoxo

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Sweater: Everlane for Nordstrom // Jeans: Paige // Booties: Jeffery Campbell // Bag: STAUD

After transitioning our closets to fall/winter and throwing away sacks full of old clothes, it was time to buy some new pieces. I came across the Everlane collection at Nordstrom and had to resist from literally buying it all! Every piece of the Everlane collection is what I would consider classic staples. This black crew sweater is one of my favorite pieces of the collection and it fits true to size (wearing small). It is the perfect blend of recycled cashmere and merino wool. This sweater comes in five colors and I already have the Heather Sand and Bone colors in my cart. I paid the black crew sweater with my favorite black neoprene booties from Jeffery Campbell and raw edge jeans from Paige. This sweater layers and pairs so well with just about anything. Shop my look below! xoxo

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Temperatures are finally below 90 degrees in Dallas, which means it is soup season! I am not a large fan of pumpkin-flavored things (sorry Pumpkin Spice Latte), but this pumpkin soup has become one of my few exceptions. I cheat and use canned pumpkin, which makes this soup an easy and quick meal on a chilly fall day. The flavors of this pumpkin soup are very subtle and it pairs well with grilled cheese or sourdough croutons. Enjoy! xoxo

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Print Pumpkin Soup Recipe 

4 cups (14 oz.) canned pumpkin puree (or 2 sugar pie pumpkins roasted)

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 shallots, diced

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon fresh thyme

1/4 cup marsala

5 cups vegetable broth

3 tablespoons maple syrup

1 cup half-and-half

In a Dutch oven or heavy saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter. Add shallots and cook until softened. Add garlic and thyme and cook for about 1 minute. Deglaze the pan with marsala and add pumpkin, cooking until lightly browned. Add broth and maple syrup and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Stir in the half-and-half. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter to the soup and stir until the butter is melted. Season the soup with salt and pepper.

To make croutons, cut two slices of sourdough bread horizontally once and vertically six times. Spread butter on one side of each crouton and place it on a baking sheet. Top with Parmesan cheese and bake for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees or until crispy.

If you follow along on Instagram Stories you know the long saga of us tiling our half bathroom. Almost a month later I am finally ready to share our half bathroom before & after! Okay, well I am missing my artwork in the photos, but I couldn’t keep you all waiting any longer.

This is the smallest room in our house (even our closet is bigger), which made it difficult to remodel and photograph. From day one the laminate floor, dated fixtures and taupe paint made me cringe to walk by. The decision to tile the floor was obvious, but my dad helped me come up with the vision to go a few feet up the wall with the same tile. The ceiling is so tall in our half bath that it helps fill all the empty space in the room. My sweet father-in-law volunteered two weekends of his time to help us tile the floors and three feet up the wall. He works in the tile industry and I am pretty sure I was the most OCD client he has had to deal with (we owe him big time)!

In addition to the new tile, we painted the rest of the wall white, replaced the faucet, light fixture, mirror and hardware. We left the pedestal vanity because the room was too small to do much else. As soon as my Nirvana print comes in, it will hang just above my head on the tall empty wall. We are almost finished with a few other rooms in our house and I will be sure to share them as well. If you missed it, check out our guest bathroom before & after as well! xoxo

Sweater: Vince (similar) // Skirt: J.Crew // Heels: Banana Republic (similar) // Bag: STAUD

This week the high in Dallas is expected to only reach the high 80s and it is finally starting to feel like fall! As much as I love the 100 degree heat we have been having, I am also ready to buy pumpkins for my front porch. I started to slowly transition to my closet to fall with pieces like this burgundy pleated skirt.

I shared this burgundy pleated skirt in black a last year, but could not resist this color for fall. J.Crew now offers this skirt in blush, emerald, navy and light blue as well. This skirt fits right at the waist and runs a little large (wearing 00). I love how the pleats are flat at the waist, so the skirt lays nicely without flaring too much. I paired this skirt with an old favorite Vince sweater (similar), black heels (similar) and a STAUD handbag. If you don’t already, be sure to follow me on the LiketoKnow.it app to shop all my posts! xoxo

Images via Alex Phillips.